Tired Apricots Preserved

Holle

You know how you have dried apricots and you're eating them with almonds. Then one day the carton gets put out of sight or you start eating a different snack and well, the apricots get old and really tired looking. Well, that happened to me recently and here's what I did with them.

• Diced them into a microwave-safe bowl, fairly small dice, added some
• honey
• lime zest
• orange juice

Microwaved covered on 30% power for 2 minutes, stirred a few times, until they were soft. Yummy!

For a recipe, here's some approximations.

• 12 dried apricots, diced small
  
• 2 tsp honey
• 1/8 tsp lime zest
• 2 Tbspn orange juice

Adjust to taste, but don't overdo the lime zest.

I was thinking preserves and had them right away with whole-wheat biscuits.

Then, today I was making one of those salads with no lettuce or tomatoes but some of everything else and on top I put a spoonful of tired apricots preserved:

This turned out to be a good addition. Mixed up well with the ginger and olive oil.

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